Security Breach Alarms Legislature

Lawmakers have expressed serious disappointment in the nation’s security system after it took the security 72 hours to detect and respond to the appearance of an unknown ship which recently docked without a crew in Robertsport, Grand Cape Mount County.

In Tuesday’s session of the House of Representatives, lawmakers argued that with the departure of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) next month, such a major security breach is not only worrisome but alarming in the wake of terrorist attacks in the West Africa sub-region.

“Burkina Faso and La Cote d’Ivoire were the latest victims of organized global terror. We, as a nation and a people, need to be more vigilant and alert than ever before. We therefore, cannot afford to let down our guard,” said Rep. Gabriel Nyenka of Montserrado County District # 11.

The House of Representatives has mandated three committees to conduct investigations into the mysterious appearance of the unknown vessel which is still docked at Robertsport, as well as the failure of the country’s security to respond to the sighting immediately and with urgency.

The committees are National Defense, Security and Maritime.

The Plenary, the highest decision making body of the House of Representatives, has also mandated the joint committee to submit a comprehensive report on or before Tuesday, May 17, 2016.

Gbarpolu County District # 1 Representative, Alfred Koiwood, is the Chairman of the National Security Committee, which is the lead committee.

The House took the decision based on a letter from Rep. Gabriel Nyenka on Tuesday, asking plenary to investigate the status of the reported unidentified ship which entered Liberia’s territorial waters.

“Interestingly, Honorable Colleagues, it took 72 hours or thereabouts of speculations to attract any of our security agencies to respond to such a looming national security threat. What’s happening to our entire national security architecture?” Rep. Nyenka wrote.

After hours of debate on the issue raised by Hon. Nyenka, Nimba County District # 5 Representative, Samuel Korgar, made a motion, calling for probing the unknown ship by the three committees. The motion was unanimously endorsed by members of the plenary.

Born unto the union of Mr. & Mrs. Johnson Tamba on May 16. Graduated from the Salvation Army School System " William Booth high school" in 2006/2007 academic year. He also went to the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) computer program, where he graduated with a diploma in computer literate in 2008. He is now a senior student of the University of Liberia, Civil engineering department, reading Civil engineering. He is in a serious relationship with Mercy Johnson and has a junior boy name, Otis Success Johnson, born 2016, March 29.

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